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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 9

FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,

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PRICE THREE CENTS

utt Pleads for Peace Amidst Tumult

of Welcome |

More than 335.000 cheering Hoosiers |

MONEY POWER | shun tier | BRITISH UNITE |

Pola Negri, in France, Says Fuehrer’'s No Friend. of Hers.

FATE IN DOUBT

Roosevelt Blasts at Foes as Austin Hints Debate May Kill Bill.

WASHINGTON, June 30 (U. P)).| —Administration forces sailed over | the first House hurdle to enactment, with Leni Reifenstahl and others

of relief and monetery legislation| 8S “mysterious women of the by midnight tonight, but the Re- | Third Reich iriendly with Hitler. Because of the story, her attors

publican i=ader of the Sen nly | ee 24 os Benale open | ney said, Miss Negri has had be talked to death in that chamber,| Giliculty in her dealings with | The House approved with little gg producers and dis= dohale {he compromise Sonierenct| "Mis Neg took the sand and | bill and turned to work on the | said she reserved the right to pick monetary bill. her own friends but that Hitler

But in the Senate the was not one of them.

specter grew of extended discussion which

would delay action on either bill : ' until after the midnight deadline when monetary powers expire and

relief funds are exhausted. President Roosevelt issued a press | conference blast against would-be | Senate filibusters, asserting that in| his opinion the country would react! against any effort to kill the monetary bill. Austin Replies

Prefers No Law at All to One Aporoved by House

This brought the rejoinder from Acting Republican Senate Leader Warren Austin of Vermont that] Group. “legitimate debate” would prevent | rT | action on the monetary bill before | the_ deadline. . : Senator Austin spoke after check- today that the House Judiciary | ing ‘the stand of the Senate Re- Committee “emasculated” his bill | publicans, staunch foes of re-en- to bar Federal employees from po-| actment of President Roosevelt's|litical activities by a committee! Sonar Seals on PoRers, ye | Siend merit approved shortly before) na strippe r. Roosevelt ofthe meas S Vor ; this authority but the conference fortes levoranly. report put it back in the bill along| Committee sent the bil\ to the with a revived foreign silver buying House today but Senator Hatch asprogram, a T0-cent an ounce price serted that it “would be better to for domestic silver and the noncon- | have the bill die honorably as origi- | troversial $2,000,000.000 stabilization nally written than to pass it in an fund. | emasculated form.” “I am under the impression that, By striking the final sentence of | we will be here until midnight,” Section 9, “the committee destroyed | Senator Austin said. “You can the vital part of the bill, Mr. Hatch | judge from the choracter of the de-| said. The sentence provided: bate whether it is a filibuster. You : will be able to see that it is not a employees of the Federal Govern- | filibuster but legitimate debate.” ‘ment shall retain the right to vote

Hopes for Relief Bill 0. K. : Sa {vately their opinions on all political | He said he hoped “legitimate de- subjects, but they shall take no ac- | bate” of the money bill would not' tive part in political managenient stymie the relief conference report. | or in political campaigns.” This gave rise to possibility that the Section nine might just as well} relief fund would be approved by the pe stricken in its entirety.” Senator | Senate and sent to the White House. | Hatch said. “The stricken sentence! Mr. Austin said he hoped the relief | contained the substance of the bill could be disposed of before the whole bill. debate on the monetary authority; “The issue is clear cut—whether |

started. Federal em | a . ployees shall be allowed | The President's statement ap- to engage in political activities arly} |

(as they please and to express pri-|

peared to be an obvious effort to|.gonti throw the full weight of White soniiue to dominate political con-

House influence against a filibuster, wrhe House action presents a

Inga ein obtain passage of the positive challenge to the leadership | of the Democratic Party who have

The President said he doubted | : that the people as a whole worl [SRSLY favored the objectives of this

be inclined to support the filibuster | just because it was a filibuster. | The measure has assumed a prime

That. he observed, was putting jt | political importance, coming as it

mildly. F. D. R. Goes Into Details

Mr. Roosevelt discussed the mone-| tary situation extensively at his] press conference. He said he was/| informed by Congressional parlia- | mentarians that if the monetary bill is not passed by midnight it

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does just before the 1940 Presidential | campaign {

Howard Jackson, 38-year-old | plumbing contractor who was rescued after being buried 10 hours in a West Side sewer cave-in June 122, died last night at Si. Vincent's | Hospital. : 21! When he was taken to City Hos18| pital after the rescue attendants 19 said that he was suffering 'from 18/shock and exhaustion and it was 12| thought he would survive. He was 18 moved from City Hospital to St. 17| Vincent's Hospital yesterday. 17. Every precaution was taken | 29 against the possible development of 21 | Mrs. Roosevelt 17/pneumonia or other pulmonary dis18 Scherrer ..... 17 ease from his being buried so long Forum ....... 18|Serial Story.. 20/in the wet sand. His condition be- | «s+ 15|Society ...... 20/came worse yesterday. Dr K It. 29/Sports..22, 23, 2¢| Thatcher, deputy corone:

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TO WARN NAZIS

Public Opinion Mobilized; Hitler Visit to Danzig | Hinted in July.

WARSAW, June 30 (U. P). The Polish Government is prepared “for counter measures should any initiative be taken in Danzig,” a government spokesman announced to the press tonight. He said an act of violence would be reregarded as a cause of war.

By United Press

Nazis today forecast settlement of | the Danzig quarrel—without a gen-|

eral war—betore the first autumn cold snap, but from Great Britain

came warnings against any aggres-

sive. blow. Adolph Hitler expects to visit the free city danger spot late in July, it was said in Nazi quarters in Berlin, and if the dispute with Poland over Danzig has not been

Welcomed the High

Commissioner , , , ,

Clipper In

Airplane Arrives Safe- |

OF PERITONITIS

ly at Marseilles With 22 Passengers.

EW YORK, June 30 (U. P). |

— Pan-American Airways’ Dixie Clipper completed today the first commercial airplane passenger flight from the United States to Europe. The 4l-ton flying boat which left Port Washington, N. Y, Wednesday afternoon, arrived at Marseilles, France, at 7:19 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today with its 22 fare-paying passengers. The Clipper will start the 4.650-mile return trip Sunday. It is scheduled to arrive at Port Washington Tuesday. The flight both ways is via Horta, Azores, and Lisbon, Portu-. gal. Elapsed time for the ecastward crossing was 42 hours and seven minutes.

solved by that date the Nazis are confident that final settlement will come shortly thereafter. Return of Danzig to the Reich is assured, the Nazis believe. The Reich ready

admittedly is

arms. There have been no special

Nazis, buu they voint out that Germany is prepared. . High Nazis believe that when the showdown comes neither Britain nor France will go to war over the Danzig issue. The Nazi viewpoint is

nouncements pouring out of Britain this week. .

British Pledge Holds ‘Ifs’

Great Britain has promised Poland that she will receive full Brit-

ish aid if she is the victim of an that post, said he thought that the gs

aggressor, providing the Poles’ national integrity is clearly endangered and providing the Poles choose to dght in self deirense. This pledge

city of Danzig which is technically

administration. But British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax have repeatedly and publicly stated that the pledge to Poland—hung on several “ifs"— would be effective if the, Poles fought to maintain their rights in Danzig against an aggressor.

United in Warning Hitler Probably never since the World War had Great Britain united so conspicuously as in this week's warning to Herr Hitler against risking another world war by believing that he could grab Danzig at any moment. Following the warning given by Lord Halifax last night in a speech asserting that Britain was now prepared to fight if necessary against an aggressor, there were uncon(Continued on Page Three)

Plumber Rescued From Cave-in Dies of Injuries

He is survived by his wife, Velma: his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jackson; four children, Shirley June, 10; Jimmy Howard, 8; Keith, 4, and David, 2, and one sister, Mrs. Mildred Charter, McDonough, N. Y. It was 3:45 p. m. last Thursday when the young contractor went down into the 22-foot hand-made shaft to relieve his father, Sam, of 417 E. 17th St. They were digging to reach a sewer to tap it into a nearby home. Suddenly the timbers forming a wall te hold back the sandy earth gave way. The earth rushed in and buried Jackson up to his neck. A

GREENLEE'S JOB * EXPIRES TODAY

‘Coal Commission Pay Ends

with a great military force which | With Chances at Revenue

‘some expert observers believe to be (not far below two million men under |

| Post Fading.

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WASHINGTON, June 30 (U. P). mobilizations or emergency meas- | —Senator Hatch (D. N. M.) charged ures in recent days, according to!

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON, June 30.—Pleas | Greenlee's $10,000 job as a member

lof the National Bituminous Coal

| Commission terminated today with

Ending a deadlock of months, the!in sharp contrast to official pro- jjttle immediate prospect of his]

being appointed to the Internal |Revenue Collectorship at Indian{apolis. | Senator Minton, who recommendled him to displace Will Smith in

appointment was being held up (“pending a routine investigation of {the applicant.” i But Treasury Secretary Morgen-

“Administrative and supervisory | p ¥idid not specifically mention the free thau's office stated that it is not

|investigating Mr. Greenlee or any-

(under League of Nations and Polish one else for the job “because no

vacancy exists.” { This coincides with previous reports that both Secretary Morgenthau and Guy T. Helvering, Bureau (of Internal Revenue Commissioner, {have reported .to President Roosz{velt that Mr. Smith be retained as |“one of the most efficient men in | the service.” Senator VanNuys, who obtained | Mr. Smith's appointment, but now {is anxious to have him dismissed { because of a personal and political (Continued on Page Five)

JOSEPH M. CRAVENS DIES AT MADISON

MADISON, Ind., June 30 (U. P.). —Joseph M. Cravens, former State Senator and member of the Legislature for almost a quarter of a century, died at his home overlooking the Ohio River here last night. He was 80. Mr. Cravens had been retired for years. He had been a prominent southern Indiana lawyer and also was one orf the leaders of the Democratic Party in his territory for years. He was known as “Uncle Joe” Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

DOWNTOWN STORES TO CLOSE AT 5 P. M.

Downtown stores affiliated with the Merchants Association will close at 5 p. m. daily beginning Wednesday, July 5, Murray H. Morris, Association manager, announced toay. This closing hour will be observed throughout July and August. Individual ste ouncements will made canceyning Satu clos]

DEMPSEY ILL

Condition Grave Following Sudden Operation for | Appendicitis. |

NEW YORK. June 30 (U. P).—| {Jack Dempsey lay gravely ill with! only a 50-50 chance to live in! Polyclinic Hospital today and from all over the nation came anxious telephone calls inquiring about one] of the most popular boxers of alll time. { The former heavyweight chame! ipion, now a prosperous businessman, was operated on for a gangrenous appendix last night, and early to-| day peritonitis set in. His wife, the] former Hannah Williams, a musical comedy actress, spent the night at the hospital but went home today to try to get some rest. Mr. Dempsey has been complain- | ing of stomach trouble for some time, and as late as Tuesday night! he did not seem to suspect that it! was his appendix instead of his! stomach that was bothering him. Missed Galento Fight He was sitting in his Broadway | restaurant Tuesday night when he, complained of a ‘‘stomach ache.” He went home and spent Wednesday quietly, passing up the Joe LouisTony Galento fight which he had | intended to attend. Last night, while playing cards| with friends in his apartment, Mr. Dempsey suffered another and was taken to Polyclinic and | | prepared for an operation. A physician said today that Mr. | Dempsey's chances of recovery “were better than average, probably | better than 50 per cent.” | | Called ‘Very Sick Man’ Dr. A. A. Jaller, superintendent of Polyclinic, descrihed Mr. Dempsey as “a very sick man.” Telephone calls inquiring about | { Mr. Dempsey’s condition came from

ing to Dr. Jaller. Visitors appeared at the hospital and among them was “Red” Burman, a heavyweight fighter who is Dempsey’s protege. Eddie Kuzma, 12; his brother George, 4, and Buddy Short, 9, who live in the neighborhood of the hospital posted themselves outside the hospital and waited through a drizzle to find out about Mr. Dempsey‘s condition.

FAREWELL TO JUNE T0 BE FAIR AND COOL

Mercury to Climb Again Tomorrow, Bureau Says.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES ih, ed 11 a. m. 72 12 (noon). 5 1p.m.... Moe TE 2p mm... 10am... 7

8 78 79 79

Fair and cooler weather tonight will be followed by higher temperatures tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said. The Bureau reported that during June, which ends today, there have been 14 days on which there was a measurable amount of rain. The average for the month is 11 days of rain. Total precipitation for the month was 5.67 inches, against a normal of 3.62. Three buildings were struck by lightning during an electrical and rain storm‘ yesterday afternoon. They were the homes of John Hribernik, 3026 W. 10th St., and Clifford Jinks. 3625 Guilford Ave., and Hanning Court apartments, 3607 Balsam Ave. Streets were flooded in some sections and several trees were felled by wind or lightning.

HOG MARKET DOWN Heavier receipts sent the Indianapolis hog ‘market down today

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CALLS U.S. “A PARADISE AND AVOIDS 1940 ISSUE

Paul V. McNutt's address at

the home-coming parade:

world today the prayer of every home and with all peoples.

at home. We do not find peace living and acting it. ” ”n ”

of the world today . . . America » ” ”

We built well in the 8 ” 2 If we scuttle, if we run away,

the Orient.

the lexicon of a true American.

‘It We Run Away... Our Monument Will Fall...’

OLLOWING are some of the highlights from Commissioner In this tormented. confusasd, deluded, bewildered and bedeviled

If we are to lead the way to peace, we must practice peace

1 believe in the destiny of America, believe in it more profoundly than in anything human.

Today, the Philippines are the only bright, prosperous spot in

Our grandchildrén will read a history which will apply to us the epithet “quitter"—a word which is just about the worst insult in

the Citcle at the conclusion of

sane man is for peace. peace at

in the abstract. We find it by

» » ”

By comparison with the rest

is paradise. ! ” » ”

“0.

Philippines.

» ” ” our monument will be destroyed.

Lost: Louise,

sioner’s Grown

By JAMES THRASHER Lost, strayed or stolen, somewhere on the other side of the world, is a chubby 16-year-old named Louise McNutt, who left Indianapolis more far away as California, accord- than two years ago when her father was appointed U. 8. High Commis-

sioner to the Philippine Isiands. In her place, Indianapolis tocay | is seeirg a tall, slender and comely | young woman of 18. As far from a; high school jitterbug as Manila is from Marion County, Miss McNutt is poised, quiet spoken and charming. She has her mother’s dark wavy hair, her father’s eyes, deep set and deep blue, and a dimple in her chin which defies hereditary cataloging. She thinks it may be a result of the two desserts she ate the other day. Miss McNutt's grandparents and other friends of the family had their first glimpse of a newly grown-up Louise at a' dinner last night at Bowman Elders’ Traders Point home. While Commissioner McNutt volleyed answers to the press in a basement recreation room, his daughter was confining herself io such noncontroversial admissions as the: fact that she was (Continued on Page Five)

TALLEST MAN UNHURT IN MOTORCAR CRASH

BUFFALO, N. Y,, June 30 (U. P.). —The tallest man: in the world, Robert Pershing Wadlow, Alton, Ill, was in ‘an automobile accident last night. Wadlow, 21 years old and 8!:; fees tall, was riding with his father, Harold Wadlow, when another car skidded on trolley tracks and collided with their machine. No one was hurt.

Robert Wadlow is to visit Indianapolis tomorrow. Reservations have been made at the Claypool Hotel. |

STOCKS LOSE GAINS AS TRADE SLACKENS

NEW YORK, June 30 (U. P.).— After an early upward trend stocks were irregularly down here this afternoon as trade slackened sharply. No particular pressure was pres- - cautious,

Found: Loui

Kin and Friends Get Their First Glimpse of the Commis-

ssioner.

16—Chubby; se, 18—Slim

-Up Daughter.

IT'S A GRAND DAY FOR ALL CONCERNED:

Arm Band Peddlers Do

Thriving Business.

In honor of the return of High Commissioner Paul McNutt to his native state after a two years’ absence, the Indiana State Police and Indianapolis Police officers on duty wore white gloves. Most of them seemed to have gloves for the same hands. And, as the crowds were gathering, the officers were almost busier swapping gloves than they were directing traffic.

Between 25 and 50 people were on the monument balcony as early as 9:30 a. m.,, facing a two and a half hour wait to see the High Commis-

Anyone who believed, that he could get a bird's eye ylew of the proceedings from vhe top of the monument was mistaken. Attendants firmly told all visitors that “no one gets up here until after 2 p. m.

All over downtown, members of the 50 different bands collected on street corners and seemed a little bewildered as to when and where (Continued cn Page Four)

15 ARABS HURT BY JERUSALEM BOMB

JERUSALEM, June 30 (U. P).— Fifteen arabs were wounded by a bomb explosion in the center of the city today. The bomb exploded near an Arab cafe in the business district. It exploded when - the cafe was crowded with patrons, herding

Times Photos.

f —e Islands’ Retention Ig Called Needed Safeguard.

| (Other photos, Pages 3, 4 and 263

| text, nage 4.)

| Hoosier hospitality outdid \itself today as Indianapolis

‘and all Indiana extended her’ =

| welcome to a favorite son, ‘Paul V. McNutt. Returning after two years /in Manila, the tanned, smiling High Commissioner to the | Philippines and Democratic Presidential candidate, was ‘greeted with a tremendous ‘ovation in Monumet Circle, ‘ovation in Monument Circle, ‘was as great as ever accord-

ed any celebrity here. | There were marching bands and | friends, boosters for his candidacy [to the highest office in the land. { As the first two roaring greetings |quieted, the former Governor arose {to make his first public address on American sail since arriving from the Philippines. Many waited in vain for a dis=

or political problems, but Mr. MecNutt confined himseif to the probe lems of the islands which he has supervised. He voiced a fervent plea for peace | —both abroad and at home. He made a strong plea for the United States to continue her sovereignty over the Philippine Islands, warning that to grant the Islands complete independence would result in “trouble for at least a genera tion.” “If we withdraw, we lose our voice in Oriental diplomacy,” he said, and endanger the “peace of the Pacific.”

Relaxes in Old Chair

Following the Circle demonstrae tion, Mr. McNutt went to the State House where a public reception is to continue until 3:45 p. m. He went into the private office’ which he oc-

his old chair, remarking, “Don’t think for a minute that this hasn't been a hot seat for me at times.” : He found an easy chair and ate a box luncheon which included chicken and two bottles of milk. About 1000 persons awaited in the lobby where a platform was erected for an informal speaking platform, Mrs. McNutt and daughter, Louise, will be guests at a reception at 4:30 p. m. at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The former Governor was pree sented to the Circle crowd by President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue University. : When he made his first appear= ance on the flag-draped and palmebanked balcony in front of ‘the English Hotel, the welcoming cheer continued for a minute and a half,

and beamed one of the broadest of his famous smiles. : After reaching the floor of the platform proper, the cheering started again and this time he opened his arms as a gesture of appreciation and smiled again.

Welcomed by Elliott

In welcoming Mr. and Mrs. Mge Nutt, Dr. Elliott, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for Governor, said: : “Why the honor of greeting should be mine was more or less of a mystery to me. For to be born in Indiana is to be born with a natural personal heritage of - polis tics. Therefore, it was apparently necessary to call upen one not. born

in Indiana; one,

cussion or some mention of domestie .

cupied as Governor and sat down in -

Mr. McNutt raised his right nand,

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